Memento Mori by Muriel Spark (English) Paperback Book

Description: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark, A.L. Kennedy A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel by Muriel Spark, mistress of the highest high comedy (The Times) FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs each, "Remember you must die." Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled by these seemingly supernatural phone calls, and in the resulting flurry many old secrets are dusted off. Beneath the once decorous surface of their lives, unsavories like blackmail and adultery are now to be glimpsed. As spooky as it is witty, poignant and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book which leaves one relishing life all the more. Notes Faced with the inevitability of death, the secrets of a group of elderly friends are revealed. Set in London in the 1950s, with an introduction by A.L. Kennedy. Author Biography Born in Edinburgh, Muriel Spark was internationally famous and received the Italia Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the FNAC Prix Etranger and the Saltire Prize, among many others. She was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1978 and to LOrdre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 1988. She died in April 2006. Review There is a Waugh-like brilliance to this novel, in the easy economical narrative, the continuous invention producing a series of surprises, the well-cut dialogue, the controlled tone. This last is the most remarkable of Miss Sparks achievements. Nothing is forced, least of all the humour V. S. Naipaul, NEW STATESMANI am reading a trio of novels by Muriel Spark, a marvelously witty English writer, one of the few lady writers I like to read. Her best, I think, is Memento Mori, which is chillingly brilliant Tennessee WilliamsThis funny and macabre book has delighted me as much as any novel that I have read since the war Graham GreeneA brilliant and singularly gruesome achchievement Evelyn WaughMemento Mori is one of the great British novels of the last fifty years Julian Barnes Promotional A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel by Muriel Spark, mistress of the highest high comedy (The Times) Long Description Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs each, "Remember you must die." Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled by these seemingly supernatural phone calls, and in the resulting flurry many old secrets are dusted off. Beneath the once decorous surface of their lives, unsavories like blackmail and adultery are now to be glimpsed. As spooky as it is witty, poignant and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book which leaves one relishing life all the more. Review Quote This funny and macabre book has delighted me as much as any novel that I have read since the war Promotional "Headline" A brilliant, daring and darkly funny novel by Muriel Spark, mistress of the highest high comedy (The Times) Description for Sales People Muriel Spark was ranked as no.8 in a recent article by The Times listing the best post-war British writers. Details ISBN184408552X Author A.L. Kennedy Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2010 ISBN-10 184408552X ISBN-13 9781844085521 Format Paperback Media Book Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Birth 1918 Pages 240 Language English Series Virago Modern Classics Publication Date 2010-02-04 UK Release Date 2010-02-04 Audience General NZ Release Date 2010-03-31 AU Release Date 2010-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:25140663;

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